Leek High School

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Leek High School
Address
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Springfield Road

Leek
,
Staffordshire
,
ST13 6EU

England
,
United Kingdom
Coordinates53°06′26″N 2°00′35″W / 53.10723°N 2.00986°W / 53.10723; -2.00986Coordinates: 53°06′26″N 2°00′35″W / 53.10723°N 2.00986°W / 53.10723; -2.00986
Information
School typeAcademy Converter
Local authorityStaffordshire County Council
Trust
Department for Education URN142711 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherPhillip Evans[1]
Staff59[2] (2019)
GenderMixed[3]
Age13 to 18 Years
Enrollment373[3] (2020)
Capacity665[3]
Houses
  • Brough
  • Brindley
Websitehttps://www.lhs.ttlt.org.uk

Leek High School is a mixed upper school(termed 'high school') located in Leek, Staffordshire, England. As of 2021, the number of students at the school is 373, including the sixth form, but capacity is 665.[3]

Previously a foundation school administered by Staffordshire County Council, the school converted to academy status in April 2016, joining .[3] The school continues to coordinate with Staffordshire County Council for admissions. The school is colocated with The Meadows School, a mixed special school.

The school operates a joint sixth form with Westwood College, the Leek Federation Sixth Form.[4], with a shuttle bus operating between the two sites.

History[]

Leek High School originally opened in 1900 as a co-educational secondary school located within the Nicholson Institute.[5][6] It expanded throughout the twenty years following until 1921 when the girls were transferred to Westwood Hall. In 1939, the boys were transferred to a new building in Westwood Road.[5]

In 1965, the school was merged with the two secondary modern schools in Springfield Road, Mountside Boy's School and Milner Girl's School, to form a mixed comprehensive secondary school,[5] with the Westwood Road building renamed as the Warrington Hall.

With the introduction of three-tier education in the late 1970s, the school moved all pupils to Springfield Road, extended the buildings with the addition of an eight laboratory science block[7] and became a high school, with the Warrington hall becoming St Edwards Middle School.[5]

The school achieved Specialist Technology College status in 2004.

References[]

  1. ^ "Senior Leadership Team". Leek High School. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Leek High School". Schools Financial Benchmarking. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Leek High School". Get information about schools. UK Government. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Sixth Form". Leek High School. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d A P Baggs, M F Cleverdon, D A Johnston and N J Tringham (1996). C R J Currie and M W Greenslade (ed.). 'Leek: Leek and Lowe', in A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 7, Leek and the Moorlands. London: British History Online. p. 84-169. Retrieved 14 October 2020.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "About Leek High". Leek High School. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Extensions to Leek High School". Staffordshire Moorlands District Council. Retrieved 1 December 2020.

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